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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Update on Road Maintenance Projects

The Department of Transportation’s Division of Highway Services (DHS) is resurfacing residential roads using hot mix asphalt that preserves pavement for many years. Repaving is underway in the Goshen Estates neighborhood, Gaithersburg and Avery Village, Derwood in September. Both projects will take two to three weeks to complete, weather permitting. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Resurfacing with hot mix asphalt is also underway in Kensington Heights. The project is expected to take eight to 10 weeks to complete Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For projects to preserve pavement, DHS will complete full-depth pavement patching; seal cracks; apply a micro surfacing material; sweep residual stone; and repaint lane markings. The first phase of work in the Rivers Edge neighborhood, Potomac, began in August and will take about four weeks to complete. Resurfacing will occur in summer/fall. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Old Georgetown Village, North Bethesda, is underway and expected to take four weeks to complete. Work hours are 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday through Friday.

Full-depth, permanent patching projects using hot mix asphalt are underway this month in Old Georgetown Estates, Rockville, Greenhills Farm, Gaithersburg and Northwest Park, Silver Spring. The repairs should take five to 10 days. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Preservation is also underway on Middlebrook Road, from Frederick Road to Great Seneca Highway, Germantown. The project will take about five weeks to complete and will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Other pavement repair projects begun in August are resurfacing Black Rock Road, from Darnestown Road to Burdette Lane, in Germantown, and Notley Road, from New Hampshire Avenue to Bonifant Road, in Colesville.. DHS will complete full-depth pavement patching; seal cracks; apply a chipseal surfacing material; sweep residual stone; and repaint lane markings. Work will take about four to five weeks to complete and will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday on Black Rock Road and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday on Notley Road.

For more information on resurfacing projects throughout the County, visit the Division of Highway Services’ website or call 311 (outside Montgomery County, call 240-777-0311; TTY, call 301-251-4850), Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.